Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker began the Illinois legislative session with an ambitious agenda. It ended with mixed results.

Americans still feel betrayed by Democrats’ refusal to hold a primary when their nominee was clearly in declining health. Yet it would be a mistake to attribute the party’s current political ...

In their own party, Emanuel, 65, is an old warrior whose time as a wise man may have passed.  Pritzker, 60, is a fresher face ...

Oak Park’s ordinance imposing an age limit on the sales of hemp-derived THC products and kratom went into effect June 1.

Illinois lawmakers passed a $55 billion budget with tax hikes on smoking and gambling, but left proposals on transit and a ...

The Illinois budget, passed late Saturday, boosts K-12 education funding, provides special grants for safety-net hospitals, ...

After Illinois lawmakers passed a budget with cuts and tax hikes, Gov. JB Pritzker blamed the state’s fiscal challenges on President Trump.

Four bills creating the new budget included thousands of pages of detail also submitted in the final 48 hours of the ...

At their convention in Ogden, Democrats elect Brian King as chair — and debate whether winning means shifting left or center.

Democrats in control of the Illinois General Assembly flexed their supermajorities to muscle through a $55.2 billion state ...